Attachment for tripod-cameras.



PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

B A VAUGHE & w G BISSELL ATTACHMENT FOR TRIPOD CAMERAS. APPLICATIONFILED OUT 12 1906 Minesseis Jztomeys, Q

No. 855,149.1 I

. BENJAMIN A. VAUGHN AND WILLIAM BISSELL, F COR'NING,

CALIFORNIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR TRIPODr-CAMERAS.

Il'o-all whomii t may concern.-

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN A.

- VAUGHN and WILLIAM G. BISSELL, citizens of the United States,residing.at Cornin in .the county of Tehama and State of California,have invented an Attachment for Tripod-Cameras, of which the followingis a full maybe conveniently adjusted in any dir'ec-' In theaccompanying drawings,

- 3 is a verticalsectiona properly locate the .glass or plate.

Other though minor objects of the inventicular construction "anddescription. 7

This invention is an improvement in tri-' pod-cameras, and relates moreespecially to an attachment for supporting the camera adjustably uponthe tripod.

The prlmary object of the invention is to provide a simple and eifectiveball and socket joint for adjustably and detachably. connectlng a camerato its tripod or support,

and in such manner that the said camera tion and to any reasonableextent so as to picture on the ground tion will hereinafter appear inthe specifications, and what we claim as new in the parcombination ofparts will be pended claims.

forming a part hereof: Figure 1 is aside elevation illus-, tra'ting theapplication of our invention.

Fig. 2 is anenlargeddetail view of the fattachment constitutin ourinvention.- Fig.

Tview thereof.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In carrying out our invention we employ in the first dplace two sprin'-metal socketplates 1 an 2, which are flanged at their lower ,ends, asat 3, to provide for securing them firmly to a base-plate ,4, theconnection in the present instance being byrivets 5, though other meansof attachment may be emlployed. These socket-plates rise verti ca y fromthe base-plate and at their-upper ends are bulged outward,orshaped'concavoconvex, as at 6,,to receive the othenpart of theattachment or device, COIIlPl'lSlIlg the ball 7 and its meansofattac'hment.

The socket-plates are provided with a clamping means,-comprising in thepresent instance a bolt 8, which passes transversely through said 'latesand receives a winged thumb-nut 9, t e latter being preferably pro-Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed October 12,1906. Serial no. 388,603.

specifically set forth in the apball may Patented May as, 1907.

vided with a shank portion 9 which bears against one of. thesocket-pl-ates'and is opposed to the head of the bolt, which latter earsa ainst the other'plate. The socketplate w "ch is contiguous to thethumb-nut may be and preferably is provided with a keyhole 'slot 10,through which the threaded 6o end of the bolt asses; and withthe'narrower portion ofwhic slot said bolt normally engages.

The socket portion of the "device is ats a tached to the tri 0d, forwhich purpose the base-plate thereo is provided with a-threaded opening11, into which the bolt- 12 is threaded, the latter passing upwardthrough the top-plate 13 of the tripod. The ball por- 1 tion 0 thedevice is attached to the camera,

and is therefore provided with a shank 14.v

threaded at its outer end to en ga e a correspondingly threaded openingin t e' base of t e camera, said shank'having a disk 15 for conveniencein turning the same and which is adapted to form a bearinglfor thecamera.

When the parts are attac ball and socket joint between the camera and edthey form a tripod, whereby the camera may be'adjusted i in anydirection after the tripod or support has been set in. position. Inmaklng an adjustment of the camera the thurnb-nut is loosened. onlysufiiciently to ermit the ball to'turn in the socket, and w en thedesired adjustment is made the parts are secured by tightening upon thethumb-nut; Inasmuch as the socket plates are r of considerable lengthand made of spring-inetalthe opera- 3 tion of the device may be madewith ease and precision.

The removal of the camera from the tripod can be effected by-unscrewingthe bolt 12,

after. which the attachment or ball and socket device may be detachedfrom the camera by unscrewing it therefrom. For the purpose ofmorequickly removing the vided in the socket plate 2, and it wil be.

noted that after loosening the thumb-nut I and raisin the threaded endof the bolt the plates, in which operation the shank9 of the camera fromthe tripod the slot 10 is roe withdrawn frombetween the nut will enterthe larger portion of the slot I and'permit the plates to separate.lnstance the bal will remain on the camera and the socket on the tripod,and of: course In this" the parts can be quickly connected againbysimply passing the ball-into the socket, low- .ering the bolt andtightening the nut thereon.

'in the bottom 0 the camera.

It is customary to connect a camera and tripod by means of a bolt passedup through the top of the tri od into a threaded opening In pply ourdevice to such. a camera it is therefore not necessary to alter eitherthe camera or the tri od, 'as the threaded end of the shank 14 wil passinto the usual threaded hole in the bottom of the camera, while the boltwill perform its 'usual function in attaching the base-plate to thetripod.

The construction, operation and practical advantages ofour inventionwill be readily I and it will be apparent that we provide a de-'understoodfrom the foregoing description,

vice that can be conveniently applied and in use will ermit' thephotographer to very quickly a just his camera irrespective of thetripod.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters- Patent, is:

'1. An attachment for Q tripod-cameras, comprism a pair of yieldingsocket-plates havmg ba 1 receiving depressions at the1r up-' er ends andflanged at their lower ends, a

0 ass-plate rigidly secured to the flanged ends of the socketlatesconnecting them permanently to et er, a clamping bolt passed transversey through the plates at a point between the flan es and depressions, aclamping) nut threade on the end of the bolt, and

all having means of attachment to the camera and located between theplates in the depressions thereof, substantial y as shown and described.

2. An attachment for tripod-cameras,

. era, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribin Witnesses. V fiENJAMIN A. VAUGHN. WILLIAMG. BI S SELL. Witnesses:

W'. D. NICHOLSON", M. CHENOWETH.

